Pei Aiqing, is there something important? Li Yuan asked.

"Holy! The old minister has come to resign to the Holy Lord. Pei Ju said.

Li Yuan was stunned, and said for a while: "Why did Pei Aiqing resign?" ”

Pei Ju handed over his resignation with both hands, and said: "The old minister is not abandoned by the saint, and he is awarded the post of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but the old minister is seventy this year, and in the early years, he pacified Lingnan, crusaded against the Turks, passed through the Western Regions, followed Emperor Wu of Sui to conquer Liaodong, and led the Northern Tibet, and suffered countless losses in many wars, especially in the battle of Yanmen, he suffered an arrow in the chest, and he didn't think it before, but now he is old and weak, and the old injuries everywhere are eating away at the vitality of the old minister every day, and the old minister feels that his life is passing day by day, and the days left in the world are not long. The old minister wants to spend his little old age well, and begs the Holy God for permission. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back in a depressed mood, he didn't expect that Pei Ju would resign, and the reason made him unable to refuse, which made Li Yuan a little annoyed in his heart, if Pei Ju was let go like this, it would be a pity, Pei Ju was still very useful, with him, at least he could win over the Kwantung nobles.

Compared with Pei Ju's huge influence, Pei Lian is too far behind, even if he pushes Pei Lian to the position of the head of the Pei family, he is not as good as Pei Ju, once Pei Ju leaves, what will the family owner think? But he really couldn't find a reason to refuse.

After thinking about it, Li Yuan showed a gentle smile on his face, "Pei Aiqing, I shouldn't have been strong and disregarded Aiqing's body, but now that the state affairs are difficult, and the imperial court is the time to employ people, you will serve for the United for another year, and next year, the United will definitely let you go home to recuperate." What do you think? ”

Pei Ju smiled bitterly and said: "The grace of the saint's acquaintance, the old minister is grateful!" However, please also ask the saint to find a good replacement as soon as possible, the old minister is afraid that he will not be able to last until then. ”

Li Yuan was shocked, "Pei Aiqing's body is ......?" ”

"Since the beginning of autumn, Lao Chen has fainted many times for no reason." Pei Ju was scheming, knowing that it was easy to get in the car and difficult to get off, so he had fainted countless times in the official office.

After Li Yuan got Li Jiancheng's sure gaze, he said: "Completed, there is still a thousand-year-old ginseng in the official, and it will be wrapped up and sent to Pei Aiqing." ”

"Whoa!" Li Jiancheng responded.

"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Pei Ju said gratefully.

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "I have encountered a problem now, and I ask Pei Aiqing to refer to it." ”

"Please make it clear to the Holy Lord."

"That's the case......" Li Yuan whispered the original version of the Daxing Palace change he launched in Chang'an, and finally said with a wry smile: "Yang Tong is making a lot of trouble at the border now, and even the ransom has been opened, it won't be long before it will reach here, Aiqing has a good plan?" ”

This news surprised Pei Ju, Tang Huang actually did this kind of thing silently. What surprised him even more was that the Pei family was involved, but he didn't know it, which showed that he was not trusted by Li Yuan at all. However, he has been up and down in the sea for decades, and he knows the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, but he doesn't take it to heart.

After thinking about it, Pei Ju sighed slightly, "Now, even if the saint is unwilling to accept Yang Dong's conditions, all the families will unite to force the saint to agree, since you can't hide, why not take the lead in agreeing to Yang Dong's conditions and win the favor of the family." At that time, as long as the saint continues to implement benevolent government, lightly punish the meager endowment, and rest with the people, then the Tang Dynasty will slowly calm down, and in a few more years, it will be able to keep pace with the Sui Dynasty. ”

Li Yuan didn't say anything, he found that Pei Ju might have been away from officialdom for too long, and he didn't see the problem as deep as he imagined, but was as simple as a teenager, and he actually expected to recuperate. Although he wanted to recuperate, Yang Tong didn't give him time, if he stopped attacking, he would only die faster.

At this moment, Li Yuan felt bored, Pei Ju made him a little disappointed, too idealistic, which reminded Li Yuan of a sentence in Yang Dong's poetry anthology: 'Lian Po is old, can he still eat?' ’

Pei Ju is really old.

Li Yuan felt regret in his heart, and the smile on his face became a little bitter, and he tried his best to remain polite so that Pei Ju would not see his disappointment.

Pei Ju's eyes were dizzy, and he didn't see the disappointment in Li Yuan's eyes, he thought for a while and said, "Holy Lord, the old minister has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"Pei Aiqing said it clearly." Li Yuanqiang said with a smile.

Pei Ju sighed and said, "Holy Lord, in fact, Datang shouldn't have fallen to this point. ”

Li Yuan's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly asked, "But why did you come to this point?" ”

"You're too proud." Pei Ju's words made Li Yuan's smiling face collapse, but it made Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's eyes light up, and they also found Li Yuan's problem, but no one dared to say that if Pei Ju could make Li Yuan introspect, it would be a blessing for the Tang Dynasty.

Pei Ju continued: "When the saint treated Yang Tong, he always thought that he was a child who could be manipulated by the Tang Dynasty, and did not regard him as a powerful opponent, and felt that it was very embarrassing for the Tang Dynasty to lose to a child, and he always wanted to recover the lost glory and land from the Sui Dynasty, so he could not extricate himself and suffered losses repeatedly. The minister thinks that my Datang should regard it as a vicious tiger and the king of a country, not a hairy boy, only by facing the enemy squarely, everyone will not suffer in the future. ”

Li Yuan nodded, this suggestion is very good, he can accept it, pondered for a while, Li Yuan asked again: "Pei Aiqing, in your opinion, does my Datang still have a chance to unify the world?" ”

"Yes!" Pei Ju squinted and laughed, and said: "Every time Yang Tong goes to the city, he kills all the officials, and then supplements them with Han Shi, these people are raised by Yang Dong himself, and they are extremely loyal and can quickly govern the place, and every time Yang Tong goes to a place, he cleans the family to appease the people, and then uses the method of OEM relief to support the people, repair roads, and repair the city wall, so that Yang Dong can quickly have the support of the people." ”

"This ......" Li Yuan shook his head a little blankly when he heard what Pei Ju said: "According to what Aiqing said, how can we have any hope?" ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "But the saint has thought about it, the educational advantages have been concentrated in the family from ancient times to the present, and a large number of talents are still from the family family, although there are talents in the cold family, but because of the lack of educational resources, the poor family produces few talents, and these talents are not enough to support the official system of an empire, so the emperors of all dynasties have to reuse the family if they want to restrain the family." ”

Pei Ju's words made Li Yuan think deeply, paused for a moment, and only heard Pei Ju say again: "When Yang Tong runs out of the Han Shi in his hand, he will face the dilemma of lack of people, which is the congenital deficiency caused by his reliance on the Han Shi to start a family. Although he promoted culture and education and established righteous learning, it would take ten or twenty years to train a person, to say the least, to take shape. Before these people can be used, Yang Tong has only two choices, one is to compromise with the family, but the hatred between him and the family cannot be resolved, at this time he will lift the ban, and no one will risk offending the world family to defect to him; Second, he can only stop the pace of expansion, because even if he has a large territory, he has no talent to govern. ”

Li Jiancheng asked, "He can be governed by soldiers." ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "The governance of the military can only be temporary, but not for a long time, because the military is reckless, if the rulers are corrupted, the image of the Sui Dynasty in the people will be seriously damaged, leaving a stain that cannot be washed away, once the matter spreads, the people will no longer obey and support." If someone fanned the flames, Yang Tong would greatly lose the support of the people, and the people's heart was his foundation. ”

"Based on the dilemma of Yang Dong's lack of talents, Lao Chen thought that Yang Dong would not expand for a long time, and turned to governance! In other words, during the time when his talent has not yet matured, it is an opportunity for my Datang to develop and grow. ”

Pei Ju's words made Li Yuan wake up, and he was also deeply ashamed of his contempt for Pei Ju just now, although Pei Ju is old and a little incomprehensible to the general trend of the world, but he has rich experience in governing the country, and he can also give himself smart advice.

Pei Ju said again: "Shengshang, you look down on Yang Tong, so that you refuse to admit defeat and show weakness, the big husband can bend and stretch, in fact, weakness can enable you to avoid calamity, I believe that there are also people within the Sui Dynasty who know the general trend, and will not let Yang Tong blindly expand, as long as you show weakness and give the Sui Dynasty a face, those who hold this point of view will have the upper hand." Holy Lord, you should really give it a try. ”

Li Yuan was speechless for a long time, daring to feel that everything was his own fault, Datang has the appearance it is today, not that the Tang army is weak, nor that the generals are incompetent, but that they mistakenly met a pig emperor, so he said: "According to what Aiqing said, if I don't provoke Yang Tong in Datang, he won't take the initiative to attack?" ”

"In fact, Yang Tong himself thinks so, otherwise he would have annihilated us in Chang'an and taken Bashu south." Pei Ju nodded and smiled.

"......" Li Yuan felt that when Pei Ju looked at him, he seemed to be looking at a big idiot.

Pei Ju also thought so.

Yang Tong didn't kill Li Tang when he could destroy him, he just didn't want to fight and was too lazy to fight. But Li Yuan is good, he actually went to do something about the change in Daxing Palace, which was completely looking for abuse. Isn't this a big idiot?

After another half an hour, Li Yuan, who finally came to his senses, asked: "Aiqing's meaning, the first enemy of my Tang Dynasty now is not the Sui Dynasty, but the southern princes?" ”

Pei Ju nodded and said: "The old minister does think so, but the old minister is not Yang Tong after all, and he is not sure." ”

Words can't be said to be dead, and you have to take the blame if something happens.

"In this case, I, the Tang Dynasty, should avoid the sharp edge of the Sui Dynasty, focus on the south, and strive to create a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, and once the time is ripe, we will decide with the Sui Dynasty to be the lord of the world."

In fact, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have said this, but the time when the three are thrown is different, and the effect is also different, the essence is graphite, the former has become coal, and the latter has become a sparkling diamond.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Aiqing's words are reasonable!" ”

Li Jiancheng asked: "What does Pei Shangshu think about the ransom?" ”

"People must be redeemed, otherwise, who wants to serve Datang? Yang Tong asks for a price, and we can also pay it back on the spot. Pei Ju smiled and said, "The old minister remembers that the Ministry of Rites received Xiao Miao's envoy not long ago, and the Holy Lord also intends to negotiate peace with Xiao Mi, and then concentrate on dealing with Wang Shichong and Li Mi's coalition army?" ”

"It is true." Li Yuan nodded.

Pei Ju smiled faintly: "Then let Xiao Mo take the money and grain, and beat him if he doesn't give it." ”

Li Yuan patted his forehead with joy, this is simply great, the ransom has been settled, and most of the stones in his heart have been removed, and he can rest assured that he can sleep on the mat tonight.

Pei Ju's sentence 'if you don't give it, you will beat him' can be said to be worth tens of thousands of gold.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were amazed: too long to see.

Pei Ju smiled reservedly, and said in his heart: It's a child's play, when the old man and Changsun Sheng joined forces to deal with the Turks, it was wonderful.

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